Ducks defeat Bruins, ending Bruins point streak


Boston Bruins Game 48: Anaheim Ducks @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on January 30, 2018.
On Tuesday the Bruins had their point streak snapped as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Bruins 3-1.

Quick game summary
In the first period, at 9:04, Ducks Jakob Silfverberg scored, giving the Ducks a 1-0 lead. At 13:59, Ducks Adam Henrique scored a power-play goal, giving the Ducks a 2-0 lead.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, at 19:18, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 8th goal of the season, cutting the Ducks lead to 2-1. At 19:53, Ducks Adam Henrique scored an empty net goal, giving the Ducks a 3-1 lead.

Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 24 saves on 26 shots. Khudobin is now 10-3-4 with a 2.36 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in shots 31-27. The Ducks led the game with a 57% faceoff percentage, in hits 33-23 and blocked shots 16-9. The Bruins went 0-for-4 on the power-play while the Ducks went 1-for-2.

Torey Krug led the Bruins with 6 shots. Frank Vatrano led the Bruins with 3 hits.

Brad Marchand, Noel Acciari, Charlie McAvoy and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Ducks defenseman Cam Fowler
2) Ducks goalie John Gibson
3) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 29-11-8 with 66 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-1-2 in their last ten games and their home record is now 16-6-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the St. Louis Blues, at 7pm ET.

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